It’s not opera but the song “New York, New York” sung by Sinatra and Minnelli is not the title of the song. The real title is “Start spreading the news …” New York, New York is the song from “On The Town.”
Michael
Michael J. McPherson
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> On Jun 4, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Rich Lowenthal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I once heard someone refer to "The Noses of Figaro," perhaps conflating it with Shostakovich.
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> It's not opera, but my favorite lyric mishearing is still Bob Dylan. "The ants are my friend, they're blowing in the wind..." (And there's also the Elton John song, "hold me closer, Tony Danza...")
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> My favorite piece of music is "The Medication from Thais-"---- Original Message -----
> From: Maxwell Paley <[log in to unmask]>
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> You're getting me dangerously close to my friend Burt's "Mrs. Malaprop" sister Berenice. She loved Charles Munch (pronounced as what you do with food) conducting Debussy's "Afternoon on a Farm." She also liked the record the same conductor made with Eileen Ferrier of Wagner's "Demolition Scene."
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> Best of all was an LA Opera production of Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of the Screw."
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> Max Paley
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>> On Jun 3, 2017, at 19:23, Jon Goldberg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I also wouldn't doubt that some people think it's actually "The
>> Nutcracker Sweet," given the confectionary theme in the dream
>> sequence. I think it's also not uncommon to hear mention of "The Rites Of Spring" and "The Mid-Afternoon Of A Faun."
>>
>> One thing I find that English speakers often ignore is the round
>> Italian "o" sound - for instance, the first word in "Don Giovanni"
>> sounding like the English name Don instead of more of a close rhyme
>> with "Joan." Back when I was in high school, when Pavarotti was in his
>> heyday, we had this wonderful Humanities class taught by two fantastic
>> and uber- knowledgeable teachers. The fine and performing arts were often part of the subject of any given class. But, I still remember the day one of the teachers wrote the name "Pavoratti"
>> (sic) on the board. Though everyone in the class knew I was a huge
>> opera nerd, lol, I did not correct it.
>>
>> But of course, the way he spelled it is the way it's commonly said.
>> It's not "PavarOHtti" as it should be, but "PavaRAHdy." But - we
>> anglicise foreign names all the time - and other cultures do it to us
>> too. ;-)
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, 4 Jun 2017 00:48:38 +0000, David Shengold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> My grandmother, whose first opera it was ( starring Emma Eames) was
>>> of a generation
>> to refer to 'LA TOSCA", familiar as such from the Sardou play as
>> toured by Sarah Bernhardt, Fanny Davenport and others.
>>>
>>> A balletic example would be people saying they went to see" THE NUTCRACKER SUITE".
>>> I had a feather-headed acquaintanceÂ in grad school tell many of us
>>> how excited he was
>> at the prospect of Versace's designs for Kiri te Kanawa in "CARPACCIO".
>>>
>>> -David Shengold
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